Mattress-strap.



W. W. -ALLEN. MATTRESS STRAP. APPLIOATION I ILED OUT. 31, 1908.

Patented Aug. 1

Witnmma Michigan,

wEs'r n wanna, OF ALMA, MICHIGAN.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 17, 1909.

Application filed Octobeitl, 1908. Serial No. 460,5.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WESTON W. ALLEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Alma, in the county of Gratiot and State of have invented a newand useful Improvement in Mattress-Straps, of which thefrfollowing is a specification.

his invention relates to a stra -0r strap handle for mattresses, and the ob ect of the invention is to provide a mattress with convenient straps upon its op osite sides in order to facilitate the han ling of the mattress. r

The invention consists in the novel 'features of construction hereinafter described, pointed'out in the claims and shown in the accompanying drawings, in which-- Figure 1 1s a perspective view showing a mattress supplied with my improved strap handles. Flg. 2 is a plan vlew showing. the blank from which the strap is formed. Fig. 3 is a view of the strap completed and ready for attachment to the mattress.

In constructing this strap, I form the same with a longitudinally extending body portion 1 carrying at each enda head 2, each head being provided with laterally extending lobes a and an end lobe b, Thebodyportion 1 is folded u on itself from each side edge,

being folded ongitudinally upon the dottedline 3, the edges of the iolded lportions meeting upon a central line 4. 10 head isreinforced by having its edges bound with any suitable material as -shown at 5. and in these reinforced marginal portion are laced metal eyelets 6 through which a need e and thread can be passed in securing the strap to the mattress. 4

As shown injlig l ihe-bouy' portion of the strap is arranged vertically upon the side of sions carried at each said the mattress, the end extensions being bent over the edges and sewed in place. These straps formcstrong and convenient handles.

by means of which the mattress can be lifted, turned or otherwise handled. It will be understood that the, portions of the strap which are folded over are stitched to the said body portion in any desired manner.

What I claim is 1.. The combination with a mattress, straps having a body portion arranged vertically upon the sides of the mattress, extenend of said body portion, each of said extensions consisting of a plurality of lobes, the marginal portions of lobes being reinforced, and

tensions being bent over the edges of the mattress and stitched in )lac'e,

2. A strap of the kind escribed consisting of a body portion having end extensions, each end extension consisting of two laterally extending lobes and an end lobe, the body portion having its opposite sides folded over upon the body portion, the ed es of said folded portions meeting along the ongitudinal central line of the body portion.

3. A strap of the kind described consisting of t body lportion having its opposite side poiions to ded over and secure to the said iody portion, end, extensions carried by said body ortion, a reinforcement for the edges of Salt extensions, and metal eyelets placed in the reinforced marginal portions of said extensions. f

WESTON W. vALLEN.

-Witnesse$ FLORA M. KINCH, GEORGE H. ALLEN.

eyelets' formed in said reinforcements, the and ex-' 

